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Bill Gertz

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Bill Gertz is a national security correspondent for The Washington Times. He has been with The Times since 1985.
He is the author of eight books, four of them national best-sellers. His latest book, "Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy," reveals details about the growing threat posed by the People's Republic of China. He is also the author of the ebook "How China's Communist Party Made the World Sick."
Mr. Gertz also writes Inside the Ring, a weekly column that chronicles the U.S. national security bureaucracy.
Mr. Gertz has been a guest lecturer at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.; the Central Intelligence Agency in Virginia; the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington; and the Brookings Institution in Washington. He has participated in the National Security Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
He studied English literature at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and journalism at George Washington University. He is married and has two daughters.
He can be reached at bgertz@washingtontimes.com.

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In this photo proved by the Defense Department, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China, Taiwan and Mongolia Michael Chase hosts delegates from China for the annual U.S.-PRC Defense Policy Coordination Talks at the Pentagon, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. U.S. and Chinese military officers have resumed talks that were frozen after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in 2022. It's a development U.S. officials have said is key to keeping the growing competition between the two great powers from turning into direct conflict. (Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/U.S. Navy via AP)

No breakthroughs seen as Pentagon-China direct talks resume after freeze

The Pentagon said it hoped the resumption of direct military talks this week after a lengthy freeze will help prevent conflict with China, as People's Liberation Army officials demanded a reduction in U.S. military operations in the South China Sea. But the relatively low level of representation from both sides signaled the exchanges have not yet returned to prior levels of engagement.

January 10, 2024
In this July 27, 2021, file photo Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines introduces President Joe Biden during a visit to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Va. China's refusal to fully cooperate with U.S. and international investigations of the virus has hampered reviews of the virus' origins. The Director of National Intelligence said Friday, Aug. 27, that China “continues to hinder the global investigation, resist sharing information, and blame other countries including the United States.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. intelligence agencies ill-suited for China competition, study warns

U.S. intelligence agencies are not structured to address threats and challenges posed by China and need urgent reforms, according to a report by a national security think tank. The nation's 18 intelligence agencies need to retool and re-focus so they can do a better job addressing challenges posed by an increasingly aggressive China and its leaders, the report issued late last month by the MITRE Corp. warns.

January 6, 2024
From left: FBI Director James B. Comey, CIA Director John O. Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper sit together in the front row before President Barack Obama spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance in this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, file photo at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Network of current, former intel officials boosts leftist agendas, says ex-CIA agent

Current and former American intelligence officials jettisoned objectivity as part of leftist political policies implemented under then-President Obama, waging political warfare against then-candidate Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2016 election, according to a book by a former CIA agent detailing what he says was a clear politicization of the intelligence agency's mission.

December 18, 2023
The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press, File Photo)

‘Misinformation’ service NewsGuard targeted in defense bill

The 2024 defense authorization bill now in its final stages on Capitol Hill contains a provision that would restrict the Pentagon from spending money on an advertising agency that relies on the self-described "counter-misinformation" group NewsGuard, a blow to the left-leaning organization that critics say unfairly targets conservative media.

December 13, 2023